35/5. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1969b — Do Not Eat Sacrificial Meat Beyond Three Nights
The prohibition of eating sacrificial meat for more than three days, which applied at the beginning of Islam but was then abrogated, and now it is permissible to eat it as long as one wants.
Hadith About Sacrificial Meat Beyond Three Nights
Sahih Muslim : 1969b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1969b
حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَزْهَرَ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ الْعِيدَ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - قَالَ - فَصَلَّى لَنَا قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ نُسُكِكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ فَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا .
Abu 'Ubaid Narrated from:
Abu 'Ubaid, the freed slave of Ibn Azhar, reported that he said 'Id (prayer) with Umar b. al-Khattab, and then said the 'Id (prayer) with 'Ali b. Abu Talib. He (the narrator further) reported: He led us in prayer before delivering the sermon and then addressed the people saying: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has forbidden you to eat the flesh of your sacrificial animals beyond three nights, so do not eat that.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1969bIn-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 35USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 22, Hadith 4851
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1969b
This Hadith about Qurbani meat after three days gives a fuller scene. Abu Ubaid says he prayed Eid with Umar and then with Ali ibn Abi Talib. Ali led the prayer before the sermon, then addressed the people and said that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم had forbidden them to eat the flesh of sacrificial animals beyond three nights. He then told them not to eat it beyond that. The report is direct and practical. It links the reminder to the Eid gathering and keeps the message clear for the people. Readers searching for sacrificial meat beyond three nights hadith should notice the exact wording: three nights is the time mentioned in this narration.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Eid reminder was given after the prayer and before the people.
- The wording mentions three nights.
- The instruction was stated clearly: do not eat beyond that.
- Public reminders can help people follow worship-related guidance.
